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Spain's elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist parties that are teaming up to form potential coalitions. Here is a glance at the four leaders of those parties.…

Spain's hard left decided Friday to join forces on a single political platform for the July 23 elections, in a boost for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's reelection hopes.  Issued on: 10/06/2023…

Issued on: 01/04/2023 - 11:36 Finnish politics could see a dramatic shift to the far right in elections on Sunday as an anti-immigration party aims to replace "rock star"…

For much of the past decade, Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party has served as the dependable linchpin of wobbly crisis cabinets, delivering responsible – if uninspiring – government. As the country heads to the polls…

President-elect Gustavo Petro and vice president-elect Francia Marquez won an historic race with the promise to bring about deep social, economic and political change in Colombia. But will Petro, the first left-wing president in the…

Coming on the heels of the Élysée Palace race, France’s legislative elections are often seen as an appendix to the presidential contest, a sideshow designed to hand the freshly elected president a working majority. It’s…

Issued on: 03/05/2022 - 16:39Modified: 03/05/2022 - 16:45 France's left-of-centre parties were on Tuesday close to a broad alliance for June parliamentary polls, hoping that…

Issued on: 02/05/2022 - 09:37Modified: 02/05/2022 - 09:39 LFI, the movement of far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, struck a deal with France's green EELV party, politicians …

In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, he is…

Marc David Baer’s fascinating works of non-fiction delve into the unknown characteristics of emperors who navigated the political landscape much like we see politicians do today. His latest work The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs …